Haiku on Freedom/ Stop/ Image/ Call

Freedom

Freedom of the mind

When you leave the world behind

And rent a retreat

On leave from the war

Clothes rent, in need of repair

Short bout of freedom

Not owning a home

Gives you the freedom to leave

But please pay the rent

Stop

Let me tell you, dear

I don't want this life to stop

It's been too much fun

Stop all the pressure

Sit and let your mind run free

Breathe gently. Accept.

Stop. Think about it.

Hundred years ago, this day.

Men fought World War One

Image

Image of myself

Ageing in dusty attic

While I renew Me

Look at the image

Then up at the mountain range

Which seems to have grown

Yesterday's photo

Mismatched to body image

Must photoshop me

Call

Fixing my makeup

Before final curtain call

Onto a new stage

Being a doctor

Hearing pain behind the call

Responding quickly

Myriad birds call

Ushering in the morning

Such a chirpiness

Haiku on Test/ Don't/ Wicked/ Infect

Test

Steady longbow pull

Ancient test of strength and nerve

Mark the arrow's flight

She pouts, flouncing off

It's a test for a young man

Just say: "Please come back"

Test results were bad

But then effort was lacking

No gain without pain

Don’t

Advice for piskies

With humans, hide in curtains

Don't move a muscle

Sign at vampire's lair:

'Crosses, salt, garlic don't work.

Private. Don't enter.'

Dad's Army in war

The catch cry was 'Don't Panic'

Headless disarray

Wicked

A small conundrum

Is dark chocolate wicked

When on a diet

Special birthday treat

Wicked dark chocolate cake

Third birthday this week

Hannibal Lecter

Archetype of wickedness

Twisted evil mind

Infect

Infected by you

So deeply under my skin

Affecting my soul

We know so little

One bug decides to divide

Infects your whole day

Human contact kills

Infection with Ebola

The deadliest kiss

HAIKU on Not/ Ride/ Crowd/ Fog

Not

Chirping excitement

Birds announce it will not rain

The rest of today

It's not the first time

Guess it will not be the last

Slept through the alarm

Such concentration

Carried tea across the room

Not a drop was spilled

No and not of things

Define empty existence

They really should not

Ride

Ride the winds of change

Evolving with the tempests

Voicing your thunder

Not sure why I'm here

Saw this double decker bus

And came for the ride

She was riding me

Pushing me on to new heights

Really ecstatic

Crowd

The big decision

Did gladiators fight well

The crowd's thumbs are down

Stand out from the crowd

Maintain positivity

In the face of gloom

A crowd of haiku

Jostling for recognition

And perhaps a star

Fog

Through a glass darkly

Fog of my mind slowly clears

Leaving eyes misty

Standing on cliff top

Counting lighthouse sweep seconds

Mournful fog horn sounds

High level meeting

The fog of doubt slowly clears

Protagonists beam

Feel warm with fever

Over three degrees from rage

Climb into bed bare

A Sensual Haiku

Your body's light scent
Floods my brain with endorphins
And Oh such feelings

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Haiku on About/ Much/ Put/ Justice

About

That is about right

Perhaps a bit lower down

Can you scratch harder

Steer the boat about

Think we need to head for home

Before the tide turns

A cloud white happy

Not thinking about raining

On someone's parade

Much

Low tide, still water

Reflections on life and love

Don't need much prompting

Not so much to say

More in the touch of your smile

And light in your eyes

I don't ask for much

But then I need all of you

Its just our secret

Put

Put T on the end

And chase the little white ball

To the final green

Life in the fast lane

Put your foot on the pedal

And never let up

Put foot in your mouth

Keep on saying stupid things

Poor politician

Justice

Too late to be scared

Justice finally caught up

You can relax now

The scales of Justice

A sword in her other hand

Wearing a blindfold

Paying a late fine

Scared of other penalties

Where is the justice?

Use time carefully

Do justice to your life goals

Don't 'waste' or 'fill in'

Haiku on Break/ Always/ Outrage/ Original

Break

Then it dawned on me

The light playing with my eyes

Was the break of day

Break with tradition

Rushing to work no longer

I am retiring

Snap, crackle and pop

The satisfying mouth sounds

As a biscuit breaks

Always

Always remember

Even in a weak moment

You are simply you

Weathered, perhaps scarred

Even at the end of time

Mountains always stand

Even when time's up

Always look on the bright side

You made a difference

Outrage

Powers feed outrage

Supplying rockets and bombs

Frontline pawns dying

I want it all now

You promised I could have it

Three year old's outrage

Recent solar flare

Sun's outrage at father's world

And tribal disputes

Original

Make original

Got the details together

Novel arrangement

Very small detail.

To make an original

Got to make it up

She's original

Need to make out the detail

Got to get real close

Haiku on Wonder/ Journey/ List/ Teach

Wonder

Climbing life's mountains

New vistas fill with wonder

And mountains to climb

Small cloud evolving

In an otherwise blue sky

Wonder about rain

You are a wonder

I can never tire of you

Daily surprises

Journey

Worked here for a while

Then moved to another life

A good journey man

Each emotion counts

Enjoy the inner journey

Minute by minute

Interesting times

World driven by violence

Journey to darkness

List

A list to starboard

Definitely right leaning

Finally drops off

Finally got it

I don't need all these pressures

Drop the bucket list

Begin with a list

Drop each one by the wayside

Finally at peace

Teach

Its not what you teach

But what others think they hear

That gets remembered

The school of hard knocks

Said to teach life's real lessons

Maybe just leaves scars

Every time I teach

I find I learn something new

The student challenge